Hossen Sohel of DOT Myanmar has been renovating the barbed-wire fences on Tambru canal along Bangladesh border, reports banglanews24.com. The workers were seen installing many pylons to erect barbed-wire fences on the canal along Tambru border, which could cause water-logging during the next monsoon season. Rohingyas who are staying at a makeshift camp located on…
Dot Desk: With ample production accompanied by favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input, cauliflower farmers are getting satisfactory market price in this peak time in Joypurhat district, reports The Financial Express. During the period last year, they were severely frustrated as they had to sell each dozen of cauliflower average Tk 55…
Banglanews24: The first meeting of the new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be held on January 21. Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam told Banglanews that the meeting is scheduled to be held at Gono Bhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister. Some 31 new faces have been included into the 47-member…
DOT Desk: Against the backdrop of mugging and hijacks, members of law enforcement agencies including detectives and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have launched massive hunt for criminals at different parts of the capital and its outskirts, reports The Daily Sun. As part of the move, members of RAB-2 on Saturday night have managed to nab…
Syed Zafar Mehdi/Tehran Times Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging. The main opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) led by Khaleda Zia slammed the election results as “farcical”, amid clashes between rival supporters that killed…
DOT Desk: Rifat Mehedi of banglanews24.com and Mohammad Rony Khan of jagonews.com have been declared as president and general secretary respectively of Gono Bishwabidyalay Journalists’ Association for one year. The university exam controller Mir Murtaza Ali announced the new executive committee at IQAC conference room on Sunday, said a GBJA press release. The university acting vice-chancellor…
DOT Desk: Islamic University in Kushtia has made Mossamat Salma Sultana the new chairman of English department at the university, reports The New AGe. A charge handing-over ceremony was held at Rabindra-Nazrul Kala Bhaban on the campus on Sunday where the university vice-chancellor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari was present as the chief guest. Pro-vice-chancellor M Shahinoor Rahman,…
Peter Beinart/The Atlantic Donald Trump’s ideological cousins around the world want to reverse the feminist gains of recent decades. When americans look abroad these days, they see Donald Trumps everywhere: In Brazil, whose new president, Jair Bolsonaro, endorses torture, threatens to pull out of the Paris climate-change agreement, and suggests that his country was better…
AFP: The leader of one of South Korea’s largest animal rights groups has been accused of secretly exterminating hundreds of rescued dogs – despite a declared no-kill policy – to ensure a continued stream of donations. South Korean attitudes on canines are divided – about one million dogs are eaten every year in the country,…
DOT Desk: The effort to digitalise Dhaka’s traffic by replacing the manual systems with electronic traffic signals is going in vain due to technical glitches in the signal lights and other equipment, reports The Daily Sun. Installed in 2004, the signal lights and other equipment were left dysfunction for years. Multiple glitches erupted within days…